4:44pm

Global stock markets – fragile confidence

A television cameraman films a stock quotation board showing a dramatic turnaround of Japan's Nikkei stock average (top R) at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo May 23, 2013. Japan's Nikkei stock average tumbled 3.7 percent on Thursday, in a dramatic turnaround from a 5-1/2-year high hit in morning trade and was on track for its biggest daily drop in two years, as weak Chinese factory activity data rattled investors. ©Reuters

Party may not be over for equities, but the punchbowl is running dry

A woman holds an Abercrombie & Fitch Co. shopping bag in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Aeropostale, American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and TJX Cos. reported July sales that missed analysts' estimates as consumers cut spending ahead of the back-to-school season. Abercrombie's July sales rose 7 percent, twice the pace of analysts' average projection. ©Bloomberg 12:42am

Abercrombie & Fitch: time to be cool again

Exclusivity has long been a key part of the US retailer’s strategy

Pedestrians walk by a Sprint store on April 15 2013 in San Francisco, California. Dish Network Corp has offered to purchase Sprint Nextel Corp for $25.5 billion in cash and stock. ©Getty 12:48am

Dish/Sprint: a most anticipated blockbuster

US satellite company should simply drop its (red) scare campaign

Alan G. Lafley ©Bloomberg 12:47am

P&G: best man for the job

Market signals its happiness with AG Lafley’s return

1:36pm

Apple: not such a taxing issue

Companies exist to please the people who own them

An Exit Realty Consultants 'for sale' sign is displayed in front of a house in Stockton California, US ©David Paul Morris/Bloomberg May 23, 2013

Mortgage insurers: renewed interest

Investors regain taste for complex mortgage debt

May 23, 2013

SABMiller: EM boost

Emerging markets drive most of group’s 14% growth

pills are seen beside an office worker ©Getty May 23, 2013

Pfizer: split-off

Advantages of move outweigh complexities

May 23, 2013

Financial transaction tax: don’t panic

Investors seem to be taking tax in their stride

Visitors look at electronic boards displaying stock prices at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo ©Bloomberg May 23, 2013

Japan: is it rally so bad?

Less easy Fed and slowing growth in China dent market rally